Improvement in shoe-nails



H. KiiT-TGEN.

Shoe-Nail.

No. 222,826. Patented Dec. 23,1879.

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HERMANN KUTTGEN, OF BEBGISGH-GLADBAOH, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-NAILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,826, dated December 23, 1879; application filed November 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMANN Kor'reEN, of Bergisch-Gladbach, in the Empire ofGermany,

have inventeda new and Improved Shoe-Nail,

of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved shoe-nail. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the same. p The object of my invention is to provide a nail for more securely fastening and protecting the soles of boots and shoes; and to this end I make the improved nail with one or more prongs or tines and with a projecting lip, all as hereinafter more fully described.

The nail A, which may be of iron, copper, or other suitable metal or composition, is made with one or more prongs or Lines, (1, a, projecting at a proper angle from the head or body b, as shown in Fig.1, a series of prongs or tines being desirable, to more solidly and securely fasten the nail to the sole of the boot or shoe and bind the leather between them. On one end of the head of said nail is a lip, 62, which, when the nail is driven into the sole of the boot or shoe, laps over the ed ge'of the sole, thus protecting it from abrasion and adding materially to its capacity for resistance to rough usage.

The treading-face of the nail may also be corrugated or otherwise roughened for protection against slipping on ice or paving-stones. These corrugations or channels are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

In applying my nventlon to practlcal use,

intervals apart along the edge of the sole, ac-

cording to the thickness of the same, or to the quality of the material of which it is composed. Thus in some cases a continuous and unbroken line of the nails may be required,

while in others they may be placed at greater or lesser distances apart, as may be considcred necessary, with regard to the degree of strain to which the boot or shoe is intended to be subjected. I do not strictly confine the application of my invention to the protection of boot and shoe soles, nor to the prevention of slipping on the ice, as the same may also be advantageously used as an ornamental finishing-nail for the decoration of furniture, &e.

The nail A, containing one or more prongs or tines, a, and the lip 01, substantially as herein shown and described.

The foregoing specification of my invention signed by me this 24th day of July, 1879.

HEBMANN KOTTGEN.

Witnesses CARL KUR'rZ, CARL BRINKJi/IANN. 

